Can NSDockTile accept mouse events

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I've tried adding standard NSResponder methods to the NSView subclass that I'm using with my app's NSDockTile, but it doesn't accept any kind of events.

Has anyone successfully done this? Is it possible?

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I should have updated this with a response much earlier. This is not possible under the currently released versions of Mac OS X (10.5/10.6). I compromised and now I draw a window above my app's Dock icon that contains the functions that I wanted to overlay on the Dock icon.

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In the view controller subclass you have, add an ivar with type of your NSView subclass. Declare a property on it, and mark it as an outlet.

// ViewControllerSubclass.h
ViewType *myView;

@property(readwrite, assign) IBOutlet ViewType *myView;

// ViewControllerSubclass.m
@synthesize myView;

Now you have an outlet, connect it to the view you designed via IB. To do so, right click in IB on your view controller subclass (the file's owner), you should see the outlet in the list.

Once you have done that, you are now able to send messages to the view in your code.
To mark the view as needing redraw :

[myView setNeedsDisplay:YES];

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